Vanity case



March 31. 1925;

I A w. e. KENDALL VANITY cAsE Filed march 5, 1924 WITNESSES IN VEN TOR WILL/HM G.KENDHLL A TTORNE YS Patented Mar. 31, 19 25.

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Application filed larch ,5, 1924. Serial No. 697,091.

To all whom it may concern:

' a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Vanity Case, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact descrip tion.

The present invention relates to vanity cases and it pertainsunore particularly to an improyement over that shown in my allowed application, SerialNo. 634,071, filed April 23, 1923.

It is one of the primary objects of the present invention to provide a. cosmetic compact ejecting means which is so constructed as to coact with the cover of the receptacle forming the vanity case,in such a manner as to form a catchfor'retaining the cover in closed position.

.It is a further object of the invention to construct a cosmetic compact ejecting member in such a manner that it is retained within the body of the receptacle forming the vanity case.

It is a further object of the invention to construct the compact ejecting element in such a manner that it may be operated to release the cover and permit of the same being moved to its open position.

With the above and other objects in view, reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which 7 4 Figure 1 'is' a sectional view of a vanity case constructed in accordance with the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof with the cover shown in the open position;

Fig. 3 is a detail enlarged sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a detail front elevational view of the body of the box;

Fig. 5 is a detail view in elevation of a portion of the compact carrier.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the vanity case comprises a box body 10 having a cover 11. The box body 10 and the cover 11 are pivotally secured together by a suitable hinge 12. Pivotally mounted as at 13, upon the hinge 12, and extending across the bottom of the body 10, there is a relatively narrow strap 14 of suitable material. This stra 14 has an upwardly bent portion 15, whic forms the means for ivotally mounting the strap 14 upon the hinge as heretofore mentioned. At its-other end the strap 14 has an upward extension 16.

The reference numeral 17 designates a compact carrier which is ada ted to be received upon the strap 14. e upwardly bent portion 16 of the strap 14 is cut as shown at 18 to provide two wings 19, which are adapted to be bent inwardly of there ceptacle to engage the angular wall of the compact carrier 17 and to secure the compact carrier 17 in position upon the strap 14. To further aid in securing the compact carrier 17 in position upon the strap 14, the upwardly bent portion 15 of the strap 14 may be provided with a suitable projection, such as 20. The upwardly bent portion 16 of the strap 14 is further provided with two projections 21 and 22. The projection 21 is preferably elongated in form and projects through an opening 23 formed in the side wall of the box 10. When this projection 21 is engaged in the opening 23, it is obvious that'the strap 14 is lockedor retained against accidental movement about its pivotal point 13 on the hinge 12. The projection 22 is adapted to engage in a recess 24 formed in the side wall of the cover when the cover is moved to closed position, and by this construction it is apparent that when the projection 22 is in engagement with the recess 24, the cover will bemaintained in its closed position.

The device operates in the following manner: The projection 21 carried by the vertical extension 16 of the strap 14 is disengaged from the opening 23 and the strap 14 is swung about its ivotal point 13 to a position outward of t e box in which position a suitable cosmetic compact may be positioned on the strap 14 and in retained engagement with the projection 20 and the resilient wings 19. 1

After this has been done, the strap 14 is swung to position within the box and the projection 21 is enga ed-in the opening 23 in the side wall of the ox to retain the strap 14 in o erative position within the box. If, now, tl l e cover beclosed, the projection 22 of the vertical extension 16 of the strap 14 will pass into the recess 24 of the cover and serve to maintain the cover in closed position. I

When it is desired to open the box, it is only necessa to exert a slight pressure upon the pro ection 21, when through the resiliency of the vertical extension 16, the

projection 22 will be disengaged from the recess 24: andpermit the cover to be swung about the hinge 12 to give access to the interior of the vanity box.

5 From the foregoing 1t 15 apparent that the present invention provides a new and 1m proved means for ejecting a cosmetic compact carrier from a vanity case, which means also is constructed in such a manner It? as to be secured within the box and provides means for securln box in closed positlon.

the cover of the vanity What is claimed is:

In a vanity case, abox body, a cover hing edly connected thereto, a strap extending across the body, said strap being, pivotally connected to the hinge of the box body and cover, a compact carrier in the body clamped therein by the end portions of the strap, an upwardly-extending substantially rl%}1t-flllgular end' portion on said strap at t e end opposite to the end connected to the hinge, a

adapted to receive the lowermost projection, which lowermost projection provides a thumb-piece operable from the front of the box to release the uppermost projection from its recess to permit of movement of the cover about its pivotal point.

e. KENDALL. 

